Gary Hartstein

Gary Hartstein ( born May 17, 1955 in Staten Iceland, USA) is an American physician, professor of anesthesia and emergency medicine at the University Hospital in Liege, Belgium, and Chief Medical Officer of the FIA ​​Formula 1 World Championship.

After finishing her studies at the University of Rochester Hartenstein went to Belgium in the 1970s due to a lack of training positions in the United States. 1983 returned Hartenstein to New York in the Bronx back, specializing on Einstein College of Medicine to the anesthesia.

In 1989, Hartenstein changed again to Belgium, where he at Spa- Francorchamps (including the Grand Prix of Belgium in Formula 1 ) assumed the duties of a local physician at races. In 1990, Gary Hartstein the Medical Car of Formula 1 was assigned by Professor Sid Watkins. Watkins and Hartenstein joined a firm friendship. In January 2004, Watkins stated that he would retire from Formula 1. Hartenstein was his successor as chief physician of the formula 1 was announced on 14 November 2012 that the FIA ​​Hartenstein's contract would not be extended for the 2013 Formula 1 season.

Gary Hartstein lives in Liège, Belgium.